by Compendium News Staff | Oct 15, 2015 | Children's Services, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Available resources include: The You’re Not Alone campaign provides resources and education on ways that communities can show they care and are united together against bullying. PACER’s National Bullying...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 11, 2015 | Children's Services, Health Focus, Professional Development, School Libraries
The National Network Library of Medicine Mid Atlantic Region offers K-12 resources. NN/LM MAR Outreach to K-12 Professionals: http://nnlm.gov/mar/educators NN/LM MAR K-12 Professionals Resource Guide: http://guides.nnlm.gov/mar_educators NN/LM MAR Training:...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 2, 2015 | Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, School Libraries
PA Forward: ‘Teens After 2’ by Caitlyn Boland YALSA has done the research. Libraries know that approximately 14 million middle and high school students are on their own after school. The hours between 3 and 6 p.m. are the peak hours for juvenile crime and...
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 10, 2015 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries
by Melissa Correll, Instructional Services Librarian, Lycoming College Currently reading Cool: How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives our Economy and Shapes our World by Steven Quartz and Anette Asp On Wednesday, July 29th, more than 100 librarians...
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 3, 2015 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
This article discuses products and online resources to teach coding to preschoolers.